This is me. On my lap I have a cat and a baby. There's a lot of bad in this world, but when you're surrounded by fuzziness and milk breath (from the cat and baby, respectively), it's easy to forget that.
This is my husband, A. He hates getting pictures taken, mainly because in most pictures he is doing some weird thing with his chin that makes him look at least 300 lbs heavier. Still, he's the funniest person I know and we belly laugh at least a couple time per day.
L, my first born. Much calmer than her younger-by-13-minutes sister, she has a concerned look most of the time. When she's done eating, she gives us what we call "prissy face:" eyes closed, lips pursed, eyebrows raised. Melts my heart.
E, my second born. She's a fan of kicking as well as eating. There is no middle ground with this one, she's a creature of extremes. She'll go from sleeping peacefully to screaming bloody murder in about 2.3 seconds. It's like she wakes up and realizes that her stomach is empty and it needs to be filled right now!
This is Lucy, a refugee from the animal shelter. She was advertised as a German shepard, black lab mix. As with most animals from a shelter, we were surprised at the vets. Apparently, she is part shar-pei as well. It was the black spots on her tongue that gave it away. She is terrrified of small children on toys with wheels. Poor thing doesn't know what's coming for her, does she? The purple spot of paint on her ear is the color of the girls' room. Lucy was "helping."
Bailey is an animal control rescue along with her possible brother, Roland. They were in the same cage and were scheduled to be euthanized that morning. She enjoys jumping up and wrapping her forepaws around my thighs and then sliding down my legs while I'm cooking. Her eyes are probably bigger than her face.
Roland is a 10 lb cat with a 5 lb ass. He has more attitude than a football field full of 15 year olds. We found out when researching baby names that Roland means "renowned in all the land." I think he knew that from the beginning.
I'm so glad to see that I'll be able to continue reading about you! The girls are absolutely beautiful; let me congratulate you again on your newly expanded family. Welcome to blogworld; I'll be sure to follow along.
~Cara
Posted by: CaraH | June 27, 2004 at 12:46 PM
Hello~
I am soooo excited to see a blog from you! LOVING it so far! Arent blogs fun?!?! Much more fun than iP! I am going to be adding you to my blog list asap - come by sometime when you find the time ;) The girls are soooo beautiful and congrats !
Kelly
Posted by: Kelly | June 27, 2004 at 12:57 PM
What a beautiful family you have!
Posted by: Monique | June 27, 2004 at 03:05 PM
Thanks, Cara and Monique! I'm quite proud of my family.
Kelly~Yeah, this is way better than iParenting. I actually have some sort of creative control, you know? I'm loving it.
Posted by: Linda | June 27, 2004 at 09:36 PM
Hey Linda!
So glad I found your blog! I've been reading your diary's on iparenting for ages. Glad I can continue the story. ;) Beautiful girls.
Posted by: Sheri | June 27, 2004 at 09:46 PM
Hi Linda,
I am so glad you started a blog. I have been reading your ip diary since the beginning. Your girls are gorgeous!
Sacha
Posted by: Sacha | June 27, 2004 at 10:09 PM
Linda, I adore that photo of you with baby and cat! That is indeed the picture of a perfect world--you couldn't look more content.
I've had a blog on LiveJournal for months, but I just don't have the motivation to write there. At least on iP, I get an entry out every couple weeks. I don't have the heart to leave.
Posted by: Amy F | June 28, 2004 at 02:37 AM
Hooray, Linda! I'm glad you are continuing at typepad. I have been reading your diary since precon and I was having separation issues since the birth of your gorgeous girls...
Posted by: Bella | June 28, 2004 at 07:36 AM
I've mostly been a lurker since the precon days (I posted once about the Indigo Girls, way back..) but I have followed your story and am so, so happy to be able to now follow the story of your beautiful little girls! You're an awesome writer and I would follow ANY journal of yours, but how exciting that we can now read about your miracle babies!
Congrats to you and Andrew! :D
Posted by: Alli | June 28, 2004 at 10:27 AM
Sacha, Sheri, Bella, and Alli~I'm glad you followed me on over here! Glad to have you aboard.
Amy~I say, wherever you can get the motivation to post, post there. I like the creativity that I can express here. And if I ever decided to shell out the $$ for the "Pro" blog, I can do even more. At any rate, I'll still pop over to iParenting to follow my favorites~including you!
Posted by: Linda | June 28, 2004 at 10:46 AM
SUCH purty babies and a beautiful family!
Posted by: Karen | June 28, 2004 at 05:52 PM